re: #164 engineer cat

my rhetoric is hyperbolic, but the again what part of the 4th amendment is left untouched by the “patriot” act?

Hyperbole is good entertainment, and I’m fond of it myself, but it greatly weakens arguments.

For example, if I were interested in defending the Patriot Act, the claim that the Patriot Act renders the 4th amendment null and void is too easy to counter.

The fact that the Patriot Act does not on its face authorize arbitrary seizures by law enforcement suffices.